Since we’re hearing some talk about arming Libyan rebels in connection with the Reagan Doctrine, it’s worth revisiting what the Reagan administration said about this policy and the flaws that ...

What is required today is a Reagan Doctrine for the 21st century — a comprehensive military, diplomatic, and cultural approach that elevates America’s stature and diminishes Russia’s.

That’s actually a line he stole from Ronald Reagan,” Slotkin said, referring to the signature Cold War-era doctrine that envisions the combined deterrent effect of a powerful U.S. military and ...

Under the so-called Reagan Doctrine, the CIA trained and assisted this and other anti-Communist insurgencies worldwide. Oliver North. Credit: Corbis Assisting involved supplying financial support ...

The conventional and nuclear weapons build-up was part of the strategy, but so too was aid to anti-communist resistance forces within the empire (the “Reagan Doctrine”), support for the ...